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FOREST CITY COURIER
Published Every Thursday in the
interest of Forest City and Ruther
fotd County.
Entered Aug. 22, 1918, at the post
office at Forest City, N. C., as second
slass matter under act of Congress
of March 3, 1879.
C'. E. ALCOCK --Editor and Owner
CLARENCE GRIFFIN— News Editor
FRS. C. E. ALCOCK -Society Editor
ARVAL ALCOCK— Asst. Manager
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THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1931.
CITY ELECTION
NEXT TUESDAY.
Every citizen of Forest City who j
is qualified to do so owes it to the
city and owes it to himself to vote
in the municipal primary to be held
here Tuesday, May 5. We have a
number of good men offering for
places on the board and for mayor. !
and we have confidence that the se-;
lections will be good if only the vo
ters will go to the polls and cast j
their ballots. The importance of pro-;
viding Forest City with a mayor and {
board of councilmen who have the (
best interests of the city at h^art'
can not be exaggerated. These men j
will lay down the policies under (
■which our city will be governed for.
the next two years—critical years,
if you wish to call them that. We (
need good men who can and will use .
the pruning knife without fear or,
favor, men who want to save and;
rebuild sanely and safely. It is now
up to the voters to say what kind
of government Forest City is to have
during the next two years.
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IDLE SILENCE.
Somewhere, at some time, some
one coined the phrase, "Idle Sil
ence." It impresses us by virtue of
its newness. Of "Idle Words" we
have often heard, so indeed that they
scarcely make an impression on us.
Sermons have been preached on them.
Books have been built out of the
thoughts they suggest. Both jtheir
uselessness and their harmfulness
have been impressed upon us. We are
tcld that for every idle word we
shall be brought into judgment. And
how many of them have come back
to torment us! But "Idle Silence."
what does it mean? It means we are
silent when we should speak. We hear
some good cause assailed, and we
never open our lips. We hear some
good name evil spoken of, and we
are too cowardly to say a word in •
its behalf. The person who keeps sil
ent when he should speak is hardly
less to blame than he who speaks
when he should be silent. There are ,
crucial moments when a word in
season will encourage and strength-j
en the timid and the ignorant. Per
haps we are disposed to silence be
cause if we speak we may expose
ourselves to censure. To all of us
there come times when to say noth- j
ing is to act the part of a coward, i
He is wise who knows when to speak '
a.nd when to be silent. It is a rare
lay when our testimony would not
advance the cause of truth.—Select
ed.
WHAT KIND OF
A CITIZEN AM I?
Visit a strange town, meet up with
certain citizens of the town and be
fore you have talked to them ten
minutes they will tell you how high
taxes are.
They will tell you that is cheaper
to rent a house in that town than
it is to own one. They will tell you
that the town has gone improvement
wild. There has been too much mon
ey spent for pavement and sewer
and schools and improvement.
They will tell you that they have
boon trying to sell their place for a
long time and have not been able
to do it. They want to move some
place where the taxes do not take
everything.
Before you have been in the town
an hour you are looking up trair
schedules to see when you can ge'
out, or inquiring about the highway
out of town. You have made up you
mind you do not want to live there
On the other hand, go to the sam
town and meet up with the othe
•type of citizen, the fellow who i
-proud of the improvement, wh
brags on the fine water system, th
modern sewer system, the light plan
\ the fine pavement and the up-to-date
{ schools.
_ I He makes a different looking tow ti
? out of it. He is glad he lives there.
His enthusiasm is contagious. He
creates in you a desire to live there
and makes you feel that it is jusi
the kind of a town you would like
j tc move to and make your home and
educate your children.
3 ; Every town has both classes of
citizens. No matter how reasonable
the taxes, there will be some who will
f complain about them. No matter how
r excellent the improvements and the
c facilities are for the comforts that
f make life worth while, there will
" always be those who will overlook
them and find something to complain
: about.
1 The question each man of this
: town must answer is: To what class
do I belong?
, Am I a knocker for the town or
' a booster? Do I cause people to like
my town or do I send them away by
my pessimistic attitude and disparag
! ir.g remarks.
A town can use a hundred or a
thousand of the first kind of citizens
but one of the latter type is one too
| many.—Canton Enterprise.
i ~ "
i Pastures And Legumes
Cheap Dairy Feeds
Good pasture and a plentiful sup
! ply of legume hay are the two
: cheapest sources of dairy feeds, es
i pecially when these are economical
ly produced.
J "Records kept on four herds of
123 cows in Guilford and Forsyth
! counties show the average monthly
| feed cost a cow during the six non
pasture months to be $12.21," says
1 John A. Arey, dairy extension spe-1
! cialist at State college. "During the j
: six pasture months, this avierage
feed cost each cow was only $5.02.
'The difference of $7.19 was a sav
' ing due to pasture."
I
! Btu, Mr. Arey also says more milk
r
was produced during the pasture sea
son than during the non-pasture sea- j
son. The value of the extra milk was
i sl.ll a cow per month. The total
. increase in the income from the 123
1 cows during the pasture season was
! $6,724. This money, says the dairy
man, represents the savings in the
feed bill made possible by the use
of pasture together with the small
! increase in income from the extra
milk produced.
The area grazed by each cow ac
cording to the records was approx
imately one and one-fourth acres.
The seasonal return per acre, there
i fore, was $44 reckoning the milk
sold at 30 cents a gallon.
Mr. Arey says the United States
Bureau of Dairying has conducted
certain tests showing that milk may
be produced economically on pas
ture and good roughage alone. The
roughage used in the tests, however,
was good alfalfa hay and corn sil
age. An average production of 13,-j
056.8 pounds of milk and 461.8
I
pounds of butterfat was secured
from the cows used. Many North
Carolina dairymen will be skepti
cal of these results, he says, be-1
cause grain is fed liberally in this
State and hay very sparingly be
cause so little is grown. The ab
i sence of pasture and home-grown
legume hay is a handicap to success
ful dairy farming in North Carolina
Mr. Arey believes.
i
Protect Winter
Woolens From
Moth Damage
If winter clothing is to be pro
tected from damage by moths, pre
cautions must be taken in early
spring. Dry cleaning offers the saf-j
; est method of protection.
"Our experience indicates that j
dry cleaning is the safest method ,
i of taking care of woolen garments,"
says Mrs. Cornelia C. Morris, dis
trict home agent of the State col-,
lege extension service. "For a small!
sum extra, the cleaner will moth-J
proof the woolen fabrics and thus
insure them against damage during
the summer. Tar paper bags and
cedar chests are safe only when
clean garments are placed in them.
If the moths have already laid their
eggs, the larvae will hatch out and
■ destroy the fabric no matter how
carefully the garments are packed
( away. Before storing clothing, each
j garment should be thoroughly beat
t en, cleaned and aired." \
The storage closets should also
r be cleaned and the walls and shelves
s. v iped off with gasoline or turpen
e tine. The moths dislike these odors,
r says Mrs. Morris. Gasoline is also
s excellent for washing sweaters,
o woolen hose, and all the other ac
e cumulations of woolens which every
t, | household possesses.
Down To The Sea—ln Cottons!
lIfHEN fashion took to the sea
every port of the wold was
explored for new costumes to serve
her whims. But with every fnir
sailor going in for fishing, surf
board riding, moonlight sailing,
and beach picnics, it became at
once obvious that nautical fashions
must be comfortable and practical.
The trouser mode then triumphs—
with cottons to the fore!
None other than the sailor suit
of France was the inspiration of
the model above, in blue poplin
combined with white duck. Wide- and beach sandals of striped awn
legged trousers and a straight little ing duck are appropriate comple
jacket are guarantors of comfort; : ments to this costume.
LETTER FROM
CORN CRACKERj
Shelby, R-5, April 13.—A1l fami- >
liar with the history of World Wart
will recognize Alvin York of Fen-1
tress county, Tennessee, as the ac
knowledged hero of this titanic
struggle. While the claims for his
prodigies of valor may be somewhat
exaggerated, he evidently was a gal
lant figure.
Examination of a correct map willj
show that Fentress county, Tennessee J
and Adair county, Kentucky, are notj
more than 45 miles apart. The Vol-1
unteer state is the Gretna Green of
Kentucky young people who awak'en
to love's young dream, but are an
tagonized by parents of prospective}
bride. Hence they mount their charg-j
ers even as the brave Lochinvar and j
beautiful highland Ellen and jour- 1
ney to this land of promise for de
voted lovers whose parents are in-
corrigible. As their swift coursers
carry them to this land of promise
they sing, "This is the way I long
have sought, and mourned because
I found it not.
It will be remembered that the
National spirit enunciated by Old
Henry Clay during his career long
prior to the actual struggle of the
Civil War kept Kentucky in the Un
ion, yet there was much Southern
sentiment and many of her best citi
zens enlisted in Confederacy.
While Tennessee was an adept at
"swarming out" of the maternal
hive, through the influence of such
gallant spirits as the gallant Sevier
and the intrepid Robertson, yet it
had a large percent, of sterling citi
zens who were loyal to the Union.
I was but three years of age when
this fraternal strife culminated in
bitter warfare, and remember the
sentiment of our citizenship. It will
be remembered that Kentucky was
,a slave state, but many large slave
holders were for the Union. We had
four brothers named Garnett, who
were our most pronounced local ar
istocrats. Judge James William and
| Robert were steadfast defenders of
r the Southern cause, while Judge
Richard Garnett was a pronounced
partisan of the Union. Sheriff Young
E. Hurt freed 40 slaves when the
war closed, and Judge Richard Gar
nett about as many.
As the citizenship of Clay Jack
son; Fentress and Overton counties
were permeated with a devotion
the Union, many of them went to
Kentucky during the period of hos
tilities and were called refugees by
people of Kentucky who favored the
cause represented by the Stars and
Bais. Many of them were recipients
of my father's hospitality, and as he
was a pretty extensive farmer, se
cured employment as farm laborers.
It was soon ascertained that these
| "refugees" despite their droll un
grammatical language and their
THE FOREST CITY (N. C.) COURII
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the tuck-in shirt with its sailor
collar, ajid the beret topped by the
regulation pom-pom, are guar
antors of chic.
Bright red and white tetrj'cloth
are combined in the beacli loung
ing pajamas shown at the r : ght, in
which a striking effect is achieved
by the diagonal treatment, of the
two colors. The tuck-in is of white
pique and, when the pajamas ar°
removed, milady wears a brief
little exercise suit with a red pique
skirt. The turban of cotton mesh.
quaint homemade jeans dyed with
walnut bark, and their horned hors-
es hitched to tar axle wagons were
not timid hor cowardly. Nearly all
of them shot an old set-triggered
rifle with a skill that suggested Dan
iel Boone, Simon Kenton and No
lichucky Jack. Most of them were
very diligent and we were surprised
at their skill in farming. Inciden
tally let me here observe that the
people of North Carolina, Kentucky
and Tennessee are about the same
type in the main of the sturdy
Scotch-Irish. This type has conquer
ed the wilderness and advanced civili- i
zation. Of Course in all these states
are French, Dutch and German, but
this means frugal, industrious, lib
erty-loving strains of citizenship.
When I had reached the age of
sixteen, we had an immigrant from
warlike Fentress county that exem
plified their peucliar and warlike
traits of character. The head of the
family was Dr. William Voile, who
decorated himself with the title of
"botanical doctor." He attended no
medical colleges nor clinics, but went
to the forest with his grubbing hoe
to secure his remedies. He scorned
the college-made healer, but pro
claimed his creed in the language
"The leaves of the tree are for
the healing of the Nations." His pro
nunciations and definitions of these
remedies would not have appled to
a college product of the healing art.
He called an astringent medicine
"a strinigan," a tonic was rendered a
"tonigan," while his grand specific,
hellebore was rendered "hellbuck*."
By this remedy he reverently swore,
and talked like he could invariable
save life if he could get there on time.
But with all his drollery and fan
tastic dress and language, he had
sense enough not to use nor pres
cribe whiskey nor tobacco except as j
a poultice. As I claim that abstinence!
from whiskey and tobacco conduce |
to longevity, candor compels the ad
mission that he went to what the In
dians call the land of the pomona
at the untimely age of 106. Had he
poisoned his breath and shattered his
nerves with whiskey and tobacco he
might have reached a green, respect
able old age, and died in the odor
of sanctity,, pungent fumes of to
bacco means sanctity. I don't mean
to be irreverent, but the devoteesl
of whiskey and tobacco seem to think j
that the celestial city will be redolent j
of the fumes of these poisons, and j
that Heaven will be a repository of
bootleg whiskey and one vast tobac
co plantation. The only scripture en
couraging the use of these poison
atrocities reads: "He that is filthy
let him be filthy still."
Getting back to Dr. Voils he was
a man of war from his youth. KG
was no disciple of the stalwart Col.
John L. Sullivan the towering Jack
Dempsey nor the pugilistic thunder
bolt Gene Tunny, but "fout" with
fists, feet and teeth. He was about
70 when I first knew him, but was
very strong, active and gifted with
endurance. He rented a farm from
Mrs. Richard Garnett, relict of
Judge Garnett, and certainly caused
it to respond to intensive cultivation. |
His wife, daughter, and daughter
in-law were all industrious field
hands.
The Doctor was about 70 when he
emigrated to Kentucky. He drove
the regulation horned "hawses" hitch
ed to the uncouth, squealing tar
axle wagon. His team was useful foi
draft transportation and plowing,
and when age disqualified them for
these pursuits they furnished a fine
I article of either roast, steak, or
stew beef. The Doctor had probably
taken several teams through the
[various stages of utility. He proba
bly carried as many scars as "wild
Bill," but rumor said he administei'-
ed more than he received. His style
of fighting didn't comport with that
of Col. John L. Sullivan, the mighty
Jack Demsey, nor the whirlwind in
the squared circle known as Gene
Tunny. No, Dr. Voils used fists, feet
teeth and I think he had his full
equipment of grinders, molars and
incisors when he received the final
summons. When speaking of his ma>
tial exploits, he acted one side of the
passage-at-arms. He dodged, side-
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—AT THE—
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FOREST CITY, N. C.
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TO THE DEPOSITORS!
♦
Of The Former ♦
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FIRST NATIONAL BANK
FOREST CITY ♦
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Having assumed responsibility for the t
deposits of The First National Bank of
Forest City, we the officers of The Union
Trust Co., both in the home office in Shel
by and local office in Forest City, wish to
extend to you a cordial welcome as patrons
of the Union Trust Co., and assure you
that you will receive from us courteous,
reliable and helpful banking service. We
sincerely trust that you will continue as
depositors of The Union Trust Co. and if
there is at any time any improvements
that you can suggest to us in our bankiiv
service to you, we will appreciate yo
suggestions. We wish to serve you. '■■ 1
please you in our service.
«
Cordially yours,
CHAS. C. BLANTON, Presid n ;
FORREST ESKRIDGE, Cash.c .
R. E. BIGGERSTAFF,
J. WORTH MORGAN,
Managers of Forest City Ofl'^e
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Thursday, April 30, 1931
stepped, feinted and "bored •
He was as quick motioned a(5
® cat
and could deliver a terrific
In recounting some of his
n
county battle-royals, his i angu
invariably gave this exp^-J*
"When I fout it was with m en » t"'
fist-fighters in Kentucky declare I
invincible when he gave a one
exhibit of his pugilistic pvowo^"'^ 0
at the tender age of lor, } u / UI
! called to his celestial reward bee
I he abstained from both
tobacco. At least I am so infovn"-
|by the devotees of the po i sons "!•
j alcohol and nicotine. R Un a t , ° l
, through the stem of a pipe and di**
|it through the mouth of a (>at JU
destroy all of its nine live..
—CORN CRACKER.
Miss Katherine Mcßrayer, 0 f M
Hill, spent the week-end here V'- !>
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R eu bp»
Mcßrayer. (
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building and charging batteries.